La Monte's 9:7:4

In the thread "higher numbered nonsense...", Patrick Pagano <ppagano@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>Have you heard the piece (9:7:4.....
>would you like to discuss it?
>
>i had a chance to experience LaMontes High numbered "nonsense" and nonsense
>it is not.

Hey, no fair Patrick. I already retracted and apologised for that. :-)

>It is one of the most vibrant enviornments I think I have ever had the
>pleasure of sitting,reclining,resonating in. The symmetry is beautiful and
>very "seriously" thought out. Multi-digit harmonics begin at the 1024 which
>is on any normal TET keyboard. or 960 if you use the 60cps.

I haven't heard it but I'd kill for the chance (well almost). But those two letters at the end of my email address mean I'm on the other side of the planet. :-(

Can you describe (with the numbers) what you think is going on here. I gather every frequency is a phase-locked (zero beat) multiple of 60Hz and all are sine waves (at least when they arrive at the speakers). Should this be called a 3D chord or a 3D timbre?

Can you list the 35 multipliers? I couldn't quite extract them from the title because in one place it just says "powers of 2" and doesn't tell you which ones.

I'm not totally convinced of the need for those high multipliers to be prime. Can you (or anyone) explain?

Regards,
-- Dave Keenan
http://dkeenan.com

Sorry for the premature smackings Dave. It is an amazing installation. D beardsley can give you most of the lowdown. I know a portion of the primes are what Hennix calls twin Young primes --or something to that effect like for example-17&19 ,29 &31 [examples
not necessarily in the piece]. And as regards to the primes some very interesting ones tend to lay a comma, a liemma(no not a lumma) or a diesis away from the normal ratios-if there is such a thing.

Dave Keenan wrote:

> From: Dave Keenan <d.keenan@uq.net.au>
>
> In the thread "higher numbered nonsense...", Patrick Pagano <ppagano@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >Have you heard the piece (9:7:4.....
> >would you like to discuss it?
> >
> >i had a chance to experience LaMontes High numbered "nonsense" and nonsense
> >it is not.
>
> Hey, no fair Patrick. I already retracted and apologised for that. :-)
>
> >It is one of the most vibrant enviornments I think I have ever had the
> >pleasure of sitting,reclining,resonating in. The symmetry is beautiful and
> >very "seriously" thought out. Multi-digit harmonics begin at the 1024 which
> >is on any normal TET keyboard. or 960 if you use the 60cps.
>
> I haven't heard it but I'd kill for the chance (well almost). But those two letters at the end of my email address mean I'm on the other side of the planet. :-(
>
> Can you describe (with the numbers) what you think is going on here. I gather every frequency is a phase-locked (zero beat) multiple of 60Hz and all are sine waves (at least when they arrive at the speakers). Should this be called a 3D chord or a 3D timbre?
>
> Can you list the 35 multipliers? I couldn't quite extract them from the title because in one place it just says "powers of 2" and doesn't tell you which ones.
>
> I'm not totally convinced of the need for those high multipliers to be prime. Can you (or anyone) explain?
>
> Regards,
> -- Dave Keenan
> http://dkeenan.com
>
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